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Telescope: Encyclopedia - Telescope
A telescope (from the Greek tele = 'far' and skopein = 'to look or see'; teleskopos = 'far-seeing') is an optical tool which gathers and ...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Telescope Mountings
A simple telescope mount is an altitude-azimuth or altazimuth mount. It is similar to that of a surveying transit. A fork rotates in azim...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Telescope Mountings
A simple telescope mount is an altitude-azimuth or altazimuth mount. It is similar to that of a surveying transit. A fork rotates in azim...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - History
The first telescopes may have been Assyrian crystal lenses. Article
The Visby lenses tentatively suggest that the technology was known to...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - History
The first telescopes may have been Assyrian crystal lenses. Article
Though the Visby lenses tentatively suggest that the technology was k...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Types
Telescopes are broadly classified into two main types.
Optical telescopes
Radio telescopes
Optical telescopes are also divided into two...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Research Telescopes
Most large research telescopes can operate as either a Cassegrain telescope (longer focal length, and a narrower field with higher magnif...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Imperfect Images
No telescope can form a perfect image. Even if a reflecting telescope could have a perfect mirror, or a refracting telescope could have a...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Types
The telescopes are broadly classified into two main categories.
Optical telescopes
Radio telescopes
The optical telescopes are again di...
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Telescope: Encyclopedia Ii - Telescope - Research Telescopes
Most large research telescopes can operate as either a cassegrain telescope (longer focal length, and a narrower field with higher magnif...
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